The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
Author | : Robin Quinn |
Publisher | : The History Press |
Total Pages | : 243 |
Release | : 2016-08-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780750969260 |
ISBN-13 | : 0750969261 |
Rating | : 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY OF THE MAN WHO BROKE THE BANK AT MONTE CARLO. 'Brilliant – a terrific read' - Michael Aspel OBE 'The best book I've read all year' - Nigel Jones, editor, Devonshire Magazine Charles Deville Wells broke the bank at Monte Carlo – not once but ten times – winning the equivalent of millions in today's money. He followed up with a colossal bank fraud in Paris, and became Europe's most wanted criminal, hunted by British and French police and known in the press as 'Monte Carlo Wells – the man with 36 aliases'. Is he phenomenally lucky? Has he really invented an 'infallible' gambling system, as he claims? Or is he just an exceptionally clever fraudster?